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Star Wars Fans in Line... at the Wrong Theater
Rollie Hawk writes "More than a month before the premiere of Revenge of the Sith, fans are already lining up. Outside Grauman's Chinese Theater, eleven diehard Star Wars fans (i.e. lifelong virgins) are waiting for tickets to go on sale. Unfortunately, it appears that the guys with girlfriends will have the last laugh as the Chinese Theater isn't even premiering the film."
I can only imagine what Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would to have to say about this group.
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Take that for not having a girl friend!
That's funnier than any joke I could attempt to post here!
Sounds like someone needs a life.
You are confusing Star Wars fans with Slashdot posters. I know quite a few female SW fans. Many of them even have kids.
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Evidently the author of the article isn't aware of how desired the Star Wars Kid is...
In other news, 600,000 Catholics are in line at the wrong basillica....
eleven diehard Star Wars fans (i.e. lifelong virgins)
I'd agree, except they've a spokeswoman called Sarah (who could get it with the rest at the drop of a hat) and there's a precedent for Star Wars lines.
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Hilarious.
... so wait, are they still waiting?
Not only does he have a bit of a geeky tag, the reason he's waiting isn't to see the films but, well, to wait.
if I feel a little better about myself after reading that?
If they don't have internet access, and no one tells them... how long will they sit out there?
And then what type of a fit will they throw when they go to the correct theatre and there's already a line.
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Maybe they are doing this just for the sheer enjoyment of it?
I saw Episodes 1/2 on opening day and waited in line about 6 minutes combined. So it's not like they NEED to camp out to get tickets. Which come to think of it makes the whole idea of them standing in line for tickets anywhere, let alone a theatre that isn't even showing the movie... downright sad.
What I'm looking forward to more than the movie is the comedy bit where Triumph the Insult Comic Dog shows up and tells the line camping nerds how nice they are... FOR HIM TO POOP ON!
Those kids better have made the best of their time in the womb, they're not going back. Ever.
would it be better if they were waiting in line at the right theater?
The movie is still probably going to suck, and it's pretty stupid to waste a month of their lives for a movie that will most likely be terrible.
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They were already waiting in line for the sequel to two rather lackluster movies. I'd almost say that that standing in line at the wrong theater pales by comparison to standing in line for the wrong movie.
Almost, because God help me, I'm looking forward to this one too.
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eleven diehard Star Wars fans (i.e. lifelong virgins)
Uh, hello, Kettle? This is Pot, returning your call....
... Star Wars fans line up to avoid watching yet another disappointing episode ... ?
... in a way. I just played the PS2 game Star Wars: Lego, which lets you play a very accurate game based on episodes 1-3. Episodes 1 & 2 were very accurate, so I'm assuming that Episode 3 was accurate, too. If that was the case, then Obi-Wan follows Annakin to some volcanic planet, where they have a fight, and Annakin ends up losing and falling into lava. Obi-Wan thinks that he's dead. The Emperor finds him, and restores him as Darth Vader. Darth Vader gets pissed as soon as he wakes up with his new body, and smashes all of the machines. There was quite a bit more, too. All in this game that was released some time back. I thought it was one hell of a slip on somebody's part.
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I remember the first Star Wars (episode whatever) totally blowing my mind. It was awesome. It was one of the few movies that I would actually want to see more than once. It's been down hill ever since for Star Wars movies.
I will be doing the opposite of lining up early. I will be waiting until enough people tell me that this latest movie is worth going to. Otherwise, I won't waste my time and money.
* : yes, lining up for more than a month is beyond reason, and if you think it's not, you need medical attention.
The best place to be when one of Lucas's abortions is released is in a cinema showing something else.
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for fueling my superiority complex!
GET FREE APPLE STUFF!
what is the significance of the chinese theatre? We arent all hormone induced movie goers!
"The force is EXTREMELY WEAK with this crowd!"
Are you sure the Chinese theatre wasn't showing Space Balls or something??? I mean, really, this is something QUITE obvious. You'd think these people would at least make sure they're at the right theatre!
{shakes head} Damned Lemmings...
-- Game Developers: Stop porting badly-textured games from crappy console systems!
Slashdot is sounding more and more like high school jocks who pick on "nerds".
*One guy* wrote that and you tar everyone?
"The Momentum of Things" is a good movie too.
There's blood on your hands Mrs. Thatcher!
Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
...I'd just like to say, these people are far far geekier than I, and we'd throw them out of the lifelong virgin club if we could. Or had one.
Possibly a funnier post in my head.
When we're mocking stupid Star Wars fans while we all wait on bated breath for the next story to appear, so we can karma whore.
Is it me or is this one hell of a frontpage troll? It reads likesome jock found a news story and thought he'd put the boot into us geeks.
If this is the case then please fuck off to somethingawful or whatever the hellhole is you hang out because here we're beyond judging people on how many women they have fucked or gone out with.
I like muppets.
Thats not very appropriate.
Hrrm... I usually just sign my name.
Hey, it was the first time out of their Mom's basement since high school. Give these guys a break.
...as if a bunch of dorks cried out in anguish, and were suddenly silent...
The real kicker would be if they were actually waiting for Episode *II* to open.
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This will be the first SW Movie since they started the re-releases I won't be in line for. Though that's more due to work than a lack of desire to be out there camped in front of the theater. Though my stays (2 days 1 night) were never as long as these guys out in CA, they were long enough to get the most enjoyment out of the experience.
The line is more fun than the movie, by far. Everyone out there is there because they're dorks, nerds, geeks. They enjoy Star Wars, and a film premier is likely one of the few times they get to gather with other fans and geek out about their hobby. It's always a good time with people sitting around playing cards, eating pizza, drinking soda, playing board games (video games one year when the theater owner rolled out a TV on a cart for us to use) etc. Essentially the line ends up being a day or two long party.
So many here love to mock the line goers, but how many of those people have been to a Linux, gaming or hacker convention? How many have gone to some sort of industry conference? It's the same thing. Lots of geeks gathering in one place to talk about the stuff they enjoy.
The line is more fun than the movies ever are. By the time the opening crawl starts on the screen, I've been awake for 2-3 days and soon I'm nodding off. I don't care though cause I know I'm not missing anything, I already experienced the most fun part.
While I won't be in line this year, I will be thinking of my friends back home who will be.
Cheers,
Ian
This is not the theater you're looking for.....
Difficult to see, the future is.
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This is a late April 1st joke? No? A very early one? No? ....
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This must be the highest concentration of nerd on earth. 11 grade A StarWars nerds...20 feet...My god, they are going to bend the space-time continum or something!
move along...
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They have a website somewhere, (lineup.net or something to that effect) and they've got pledges for how long they wait in line and they're giving their proceeds to a foundation for sick children. That's probably worth mentioning.
ps-that should get them laid.
read the whole original story here...
to be teased by the slashdot population (geeks/nerds)
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just speculatin...
Oh, yeah, like people who spend lots of time making fun of these guys have girlfriends either.
It's not just Slashdot, and it's not just Star Wars. Sadly, most members of subcultures which are mocked by the mainstream like to find at least one other subculture (or sub-subculture of their own subculture) which is mocked by the mainstream even more, so that they can point at it and loudly say "Hey, check those losers out! Aren't they totally pathetic? That's just sad, eh, guys? Eh?" whenever some cool people might be able to overhear them. It makes them feel warm and fuzzy inside.
For example, LARPers and people who play "deep" indie roleplaying games make fun of other roleplayers (especially D&D players), roleplayers make fun of card gamers, card gamers make fun of Magic players, Magic players undoubtedly make fun of people who favour a particular lame-ass deck, and everyone in the whole world makes fun of furries.
No one will really be free until nerd persecution ends!
I mean, really, this is something QUITE obvious. You'd think these people would at least make sure they're at the right theatre!
Please RTFA.
The Chinesse theatre has shown all of the previous star wars movies. When the last movie came out there were rumors it wouldn't be playing at the Chinese theatre, but it ended up premeiring there despite those rumors.
AFAIK, the Chinese theatre is a single screen theatre a few blocks away from a huge super-mega-multi-omni-ultraplex. Said plex is trying to work a deal to be the exclusive premeire of the latest lucas craptation, but no deal has been inked as of yet.
The fans in front of the Chinese theatre are standing there, in part, to protest an exclusive deal at the super-mega...-plex. There's something special about the Chinese theatre, I'm sure tradition and what not, and something about the plex-theatre having assigned seating with tickets sold on line, rather than sit where you like, or something. I'm not all knowing, but for christ's sake, RTFA before you post your garbage!
...Is the plastic, lifeless acting about the same? ;)
Conan BETTER be having a Triumph segment like he did with Ep 1 for ep 3. That was comedy gold. This will be the last time Triumph can do it.
welcome our new Star Wars fans overlords!
Oh wait, they've probably gone to the wrong welcome party...
how long until
I've heard of people thinking out loud, but typing it too?! This is ridiculous!
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If this was the 1st of April and this story wasn't actually true it would have made a pretty darn good April Fool's joke. [As opposed to the unbearingly annoying barrage of unimaginative "April Fools" stories we were submitted to...]
Time is an illusion, lunch doubly so.
Supply & Demand....
People in line show demand....
Look for the theater to supply the movie....
It's not like it's hard to do....
Remember a fool and his money are soon parted....
This is my opinion based on what little I know and understand of the rumors and lies Thanks, Randal
You karma whore!
Hey! I resemble that!
Meesa thinks you gonna wait long time!
the geeks get to try out their skills gained training at the "line ride" in the Simpsons.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
People on slashdot never seem to understand someone when he points at an example of a general happening and makes a general observation. Slashdotters think (or act like they think) that the guy is generalising based on just one event.
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I'm so hardcore I haven't seen either of them Ah, but then, how do you actually know that they suck? I mean, not that I'm saying you're wrong or anything.
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From FTA:
"Star Wars" or no, the diehards are resolute about keeping their line on Hollywood Boulevard.
"We've heard all this before," said Sarah Sprague, one of the designated spokesmen for the group. In 1999 and 2002, there were plenty of rumors (ultimately false) that the previous two pics weren't going to open at the Chinese.
Does that answer your question?
Yeah, but isn't the more appropriate analogy to Lunux/hacker/gaming conventions a, y'know, Star Wars or science fiction convention? I'm not denying it could be fun to hang out with people who share the same interests as you, but it's the time scale... it comes out in six weeks.
More to the point, these ones in particular are mock worthy because they're at the wrong theatre. This is something you ought to check before leaving home six weeks before the movie starts.
I say: "I refer the Hon. Members to the reply I gave some moments ago."
Slashdot is sounding more and more like high school jocks who pick on "nerds". (BTW, I'm not a Star Wars fan)
;)
Actually, it's worse than that. It's people anonymously picking on themselves. Anime geeks calling Star Wars geeks losers and vice versa. The sad part is that in their minds, they really were the pathetic losers the jocks made them out to be in high school. Instead of rising above it, they sink to the same level by doing the exact same thing. And the grand tragedy of it all is that they still don't get the chicks
Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
star wars line
Last paragraph of the article:
Hope springs eternal, Sprague said. After the last two "Star Wars" films, "We're all a little beaten down," she said. "But this one could be it!"
"Lucas loves us, he really does! He doesn't mean it when he craps on us! You'll see! This time for sure...!"
Bah, I say, bah!
-You spend 6-8 week in line for movie tickets to Star Wars and no one at work really misses you. /.), you overlook the possibility that this theatre may not premiere your beloved movie.
-While you're in line, your mom is just glad to have your ass out of the house so she can fumigate your room.
-In your zeal to be "first" (you're probably the same geeks that post "first post" trolls on
-Even slashdotters make fun of you.
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
These kids realize that it is the journey that is important, not the destination.
Yeah, right. BHAWHAHAHAHEEEEHA
SW GEEK 1 knocks on door.
SW GEEK 1: Anybody there? Is this the line for the episode 3 premiere?
THEATRE EMPLOYEE: (peeking out) Go away! This is not the premiere you're looking for. Move along. (goes back in)
SW GEEK 2: Dude...that was kewl! Do it again.
SW GEEK 1: (knocks again) Hey!! You gonna be showing the Star Wars movie or what?
THEATRE EMPLOYEE: (peeking out again) Jedi business. Go back to your drinks. (goes back in)
SW GEEK 2: Awesome!! This movie is gonna rock!
SW GEEK 1: Yeah. We're not leaving this line for anything!
SW GEEK 2: Really. Except maybe for chicks.
SW GEEK 1: No way, dude.
SW GEEK 2: Yeah, you're right. Episode 3 here we come!
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eleven diehard Star Wars fans (i.e. lifelong virgins)
Oy! I strongly resemble that remark!
Dear Pot,
The grandparent post used the expression incorrectly. The correct idiom is "the pot calling the kettle black." The poster thought the pot called the kettle "back", which makes no sense at all.
The idiom dates back to times when all cookingware was cast iron. It refers to a person finding a fault with someone else while the accuser is guilty of the same fault herself.
For example:
"You're calling her forgetful? That's a case of the pot calling the kettle black."
or
The case here, where someone submitting a story to Slashdot describing others as "lifelong virgins." Since everyone who reads Slashdot is clearly a lifelong virgin, that's like the pot calling the kettle black.
Sincerely,
Kettle
They could actually end up seeing a decent movie.
--- What?
...than a lifelong one?
Star Wars Fans in Line... Never Will Get Laid.
Why is this even a post. It seems to me to be more on an insult than it does a legit posting.
The force is dumb with these ones...
So many here love to mock the line goers, but how many of those people have been to a Linux, gaming or hacker convention?
:-)
Does only waiting in line for a convention, but in the wrong building, and then leaving count?
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when you can already read the book?
Clouded their vision, the Dark Side has, hmm.....
God, Root, Whats the difference?
Ha-Ha
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OK. The movie is released as a LEGO game? So there's a good chance that the story was acted and directed competently somewhere...by LEGOS?
Maybe we can get these guys to wait in line at the wrong videogame store?
Check out Metroblogging LA for a lot more on the line. They really broke the story and continue to cover it.
Just sounds like marketing to me. And this is not encouraged by the Star Wars PR people? Pay people a couple bucks to wait in line for a month, look at all the press it gets.
The Star Wars fans will see it, and leave the theatre mildy annoyed by the lack of lightsabres in the movie, but you will hear comments like "When did George Lucas learn to write dialogue? Wow!" and "I was kind of worried going into it, but there was no Jar Jar in the ENTIRE movie!"
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
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Enjoy. This guy was insane.
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... obviously they forgot the very first lesson. Now they will never graduate from Jedi Academy.
So is that how the Academy gets the grunt labor it needs for cooks, etc?
...the Great Star Wars Trek.
There's more to it than waiting in line, like other people have said this particular theatre might not be playing it (the place that might get it is a few blocks away)
According to fans waiting in line they had to do lots of soul searching after learning the movie might not be premiring there. It turns out that to even the fans waiting in line walking a few extra blocks to see Star Wars at some random megaplex instead of this theatre (where star wars premiered, and the stars have their footprints in the concrete outside) just completely isn't worth it. The new movies just arn't worth seeing that much, but waiting in line for it is a good investment of time, just because of their passion for sci-fi
Ah! The "If we queue, it will show" philosophy of movie-line waiting. I want to see them push it to the limits: line up weeks ahead of the debut day outside an abandoned grain silo in Nebraska. Let's see if their rule works there!
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Nothing wrong with being a star wars fan. Nothing even wrong with spending a few hours in line. I can almost understand waiting a few days, but waiting a month in a line that doesn't even reach the end goal? Sorry, that at the 'make fun of' point.
I occasionally play magic. Spending a few $$ on some cards, ok. Speding your life savings on a single card? That goes a bit too far.
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everyone in the whole world makes fun of furries.
but the furries are laughing on the inside because they are really beautiful, brilliant and successful people. just no one realizes it, cause of the full body costumes.
really. it's true.
...that Luke and Leia are brother and sister, wouldn't playing Luke and Leia would be like...um...you know...
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Underneath a make-shift awning yesterday afternoon, 11 people were in line doing what appeared to be homework, pecking at laptops and talking to members of the media.
Watch out, everyone! These nerds, with their wireless laptops, are probably amongst us as we speak...
Cmon, one of you -- reveal yourself! Tell us why you are camping out for this "event"...
One man's Funny is another man's Offtopic.
I suppose now they could use the time to finally make it down to Toshi's station to pick up some power converters.
This is not the line that you are looking for...
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Funny doesn't give karma :-)
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'.
You are a nerd
It's a TRAP!
not able to laugh at yourself?
Son of a.... I got an off topic...After years of planning too.
Whatever movie they do see on opening day will be better than the movie they got in line for...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is insufficiently documented.
This article reminded me of the Seattle Star Wars squater, Jeff Tweiten. Aparently, he was kicked off his couch by a city ordinance and an anonymous complaint back in January. He has managed to continue his wait for the movie opening without a permanent station.
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speaking of triumph...
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For example, LARPers and people who play "deep" indie roleplaying games make fun of other roleplayers (especially D&D players),
;) It needs a "Real RPGer" -> "D&Der" -> "LARPer" column, however.
As a "Deep indie" roleplayer who makes fun of D&Ders, I think you're on to something, but *everyone* makes fun of LARPers (except furries, of course).
Here's a detailed chart of the Geek Hierarchy, for your reference.
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Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
Looks like you struck a poser nerve. :D
I hhave this friend, He um, could really, you know, would like to know more about these "nerd-hags". Where would I, um, He go to meet one.
Hey, maybe in where you live... :)
In South Africa, there are many people who only LARP, and don't roleplay tabletop games much or at all - and consider themselves much more normal and less geeky than tabletop roleplayers.
For clarification, the LARPing scene in SA consists mostly of one-night, once-off LARPs with ready-made characters. LARP campaigns are very uncommon. Also, there are many LARPs with completely (or mostly) mundane modern or historical settings. Emphasis is placed on inter-character plotting. Combat is never resolved with physical mock-fighting (boffers and such); it is always abstracted into some kind of simple statistical mechanic, like a die roll or the drawing of cards.
It is thus completely unlike dressing up as armies of orcs and elves and running around in the forest hitting each other with sticks*. Which I hear is popular in Scandinavia.
* Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. It's just a completely different style of LARPing.
So many here love to mock the line goers, but how many of those people have been to a Linux, gaming or hacker convention? How many have gone to some sort of industry conference? It's the same thing. Lots of geeks gathering in one place to talk about the stuff they enjoy.
The same except for restrooms and AC.
Yeah - like what OS people run on their computers.
I don't go out of my way to riducule people, but for the love of Jebus, some people just DESERVE it. You don't walk around in public with Jedi robes on just because you love it - you do it to get attention. You are begging to be made fun of if you camp out in front of a movie theater to see a movie.
So let me get this straight - the only alternatives to waiting in line to see a (bad) movie are to sell drugs? Gee, couldn't you think of a more extreme example? I am certainly not saying that people shouldn't be individuals, and I am in no way advocating conformance just for the sake of it. But if you are going to be different, be different and be proud of it. If people rail on you for camping out in costume, either have the balls to take it or go home.
And this is such a hypocricial point, I have to mention it again: People have a fucked up idea of who to slag off.
Geeks are the WORST at this. Geeks have some of the largest egos I have ever seen, geeks can be very judgementall a-holes. Don't gripe when people do to you what you do to everyone else on a daily basis, just for different reasons.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Haven't they been doing that on and off there for the past 3,000 years? Except for that time they put on horned helmets 1,300 years or so ago and played with boats for a while.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Speaking of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and late night talk shows, Jimmy Kimmel's show tapes directly across the street from the Chinese. They have *got* to look across the street and see the comedy gold mine that's basically fallen into their laps.
The funniest part about this is that the line-goers *refuse* to move to the Arclight, even though the Mann theatre chain has confirmed thus far that they're not playing the movie either. They're still holding out hope that the Chinese will be playing it, like it apparently has for the line-goers for Episodes I and II.
More about the line here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
On that note, here's a Top 10 Reasons [the line] should move to the Arclight.
10. The Episode 3 is playing at the Arclight, not Grauman's Chinese.
9. Hot chicks go to the Arclight
8. Caramel Corn!
7. You won't trip over the stupid holes in sidewalk like around here.
6. People will stop telling you to 'Get a life.'
5. Natalie Portman goes to the movies at the Arclight.
4. You're that much closer to Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles.
3. You can play the 'Count the Hipster' game.
2. The Episode 3 is playing at the Arclight, not Grauman's Chinese.
1. The Trekkies are laughing at you.
Hell, Wil Wheaton (yes, it's actually him and not a comment troll) even told the line to get a life here.
The LOTR and Star Trek fans drove by in a convertiable flipping off the geeks and groping their girlfriend's breasts. The SW geeks chased after them with their 13370 toy flashlight lightsabers.
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How about using a more appropriate term for both:
dork.
These are not the droids you're looking for...
There are many promotion companies which will organize "fans" to camp out outside a theater to be among the first to see it.
It's a media event designed to generate word-of-mouth "buzz" for the movie, and generate free media publicity when a TV station/newspaper runs a story about the obsessed fans dying to see the new movie.
It's fake.
If you want to find out what is really happening at Mann's Chinese Theater, you would be better off checking out Blogging.la. They are the ones that first started talking about the story and have since been quoted by E!Online and others, but of course get no lovin' from those sites.
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the opening night viewing has come and gone? I mean, even if the movie were to meet with expectations (unlikely), it must produce a large vacuum in one's life to have all that build up and then not continue one's assumed vocation anymore.
Not trolling, just curious.
...is that they'll have already downloaded and seen the movie before the premier.
:)
The MPAA would frown on them admitting it to the press, so you won't find this in any article about them.
i like the part where he goes up to the pregnant Star Wars fan and says that being born is the last time the baby will ever see female genitalia.
I know you guys like these old timer stories...
I saw Episode IV (the first one, at the time just called Star Wars) on its premier at the Chinese Theater (then called Mann's before the name went back to Graumann's). We didn't camp out but we did spend a couple hours in line.
Science fiction wasn't a big deal in those days. Probably the biggest sci fi film previously was 2001 from almost 10 years earlier. The last "line around the block" movie was Love Story. I was hoping it wouldn't be too crowded, but the weekend before it opened Time magazine had a big spread on the movie, with pictures that made it look fantastic. So we did have to wait pretty long.
But we got good seats, and as the lights went down I heard a couple of guys talking in the row behind us. Apparently they were in the industry and had already seen the movie in pre-release.
"I really envy the people here," he said.
"Why?" asked his buddy.
"Because they're about to see Star Wars for the first time."
who's more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?
Since moving to LA I've enjoyed many films at the Chinese Theater. In my opinion, it's still the best screen and auditorium in town. It seems like at the Chinese you're more likely to have a good crowd that's really into the film and having a good time. (The room holds close to 1500 people and the energy levels can be contagious... I always get a smile on my face when people start cheering the THX trailer before the film even starts...)
The one downside is, sometimes they book utter crap onto their main screen. A showing at the Chinese should be about spectacle. It's not where you want to see a small, intimate romantic comedy. It's where you go when you want to see things get blown up and have the speakers blast you out of your seat. As much as the Arclight tries, it really doesn't have the same impact as the Chinese, IMHO.
If Paramount is indeed a co-owner of Mann's, as the article mentions, that might explain some of their poor booking choices. No, I'm not in line, but I kind of agree with the guy interviewed. If it's not going to show at the Chinese, why bother seeing it on the big screen at all? Any other theater would pale in comparison and not be as enjoyable a movie-going experience.
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Why don't you put it into historical perspective? Especially Jewish historical perspective. If you were a Jewish girl, you could be one of three things:
Married
Unmarried and virgin
Unmarried and non-virgin
The first two were acceptable. The last was punishable by stoning. It's highly unlikely Mary was an unmarried non-virgin. It's also unlikely that she had been married before as she was a "young girl" as you pointed out. Please do your homework next time.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
Pre-meditated murder isa crime that carries the death penalty in most places, but it still happens. Using your logic, it never happens because it is punishable by death. Either Mary had sex with Joseph, she was raped, she cheated on him, or the whole thing is made up (probably the case).
I find it funny that the first gospel written (Mark) doesn't make any mention of a "virgin birth" or an ascension to heaven after he resurrected (Mark contains the ascension now, but that was an admitted later addition to the gospel.) Mark protrays a very human messiah.
Contrast that with John, the last gosepl written, and you have a demi-god incarnate born of a virgin, who ascends to heaven after he is resurrected.
Don't you see how the story evolved over time and people began to embellish?
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As other replies have pointed out, the parent post is plagiarized. However, I would like to add that in addition to being plagiarized, the parent post is fictional. There was no pope elected in 1866. There was no need to elect a pope at that point, as Pope Pius IX (born GIOVANNI MARIA MASTAI-FERRETTI) was alive and well. He was pope from 1846-78. This can easily be verified by consulting http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm, a complete listing of popes from an online catholic encyclopedia.
r eigning_Popes
Incidentally, the shortest reigning pope, according to wikipedia, was # Urban VII (September 15 - September 27, 1590): reigned on 13 calendar days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_10_shortest-
I was an organizer of the Toronto lines in '99 and '02. The lines are not about getting in first. They're not about securing the right seats. Rather they're an excuse to get out of the house and totally geek out with a group of likeminded folk. Our line was part giant street party, part sci-fi convention and a great experience overall. Were I not a new father with a tyke to keep an eye on, you can be sure I'd be out on the sidewalk again this time.
Even if the theatre they're lined at - which they've likely chosen for nostalgic reasons - never gets the film, as has been pointed out time and again, they can just as easily secure their tickets by phone or online.
For the SW Geeks, where you line up for the film isn't important, all that's important is that you have fun doing it - because if you're not having fun then it's just a line and lines suck.
FWIW, there were scripts floating around the net back in the early 90's for the the first three episodes. Episode three did have Annakin visiting some volcanic planet in order to retrieve a relic for the emporer. Obi-Wan pursues him there and fights with Annakin. Annakin falls into the lava due to some earthquakes and is retrieved by some droids who return him to the Emporer. The Emporer's priests then resurrect Annakin and place him in his new robot body.
First, it is generally considered crass to insult the recently deceased. Secondly, at least restrict yourself to truthful insults.
luke at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?
This guy makes me look slick, urbane and balanced. Can he even hear himself talking? Has it dawned on him that he's not only a nerd---which you can't blame him for---but also a pretentious ass, which is totally his fault, and makes him a completely legitimate target for atomic wedgies.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
The submitter is an idiot. Yes, nerds probably don't get as much sex as the typical jock that drinks their date into submission, but I found a picture of sarah sprauge, who's quoted in the article: http://www.liningup.net/mb/album_pic.php?pic_id=11 21
A little bit nerdy, sure. But you think she's never had sex? Somehow I doubt it. There are lots of attractive and I'm sure intelligent people over at liningup.net.
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Most of these serve some defined constructive purpose. Yes, entertainment is a purpose, but it doesn't necessarily teach, improve you, or get you money.
I don't get it.
You know, I thought the preview looked pretty good too. But I don't trust George Lucas. You don't know the power of his urge to make shitty movies! Hayden Christenson will be a whiny bitch, there's going to be some sort of "American Idol" in-joke, and you're going to be so surprised, and you're going to bring your abused, broken heart here, blubbering your sorrow all over another thousand-comment thread, and you're going to receive the biggest "I told you so" ever fucking constructed.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
Dear me, you seem to have said "LOL". Please turn your geek membership card in at the nearest comics shop or computer repair place. You've failed it, young padawan.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
Unfortunately, it appears that the guys with girlfriends will have the last laugh as the Chinese Theater isn't even premiering the film.
As it turns out, the spokesperson quoted in TFA for the group waiting in line at the Chinese Theater *is* my ex-girlfriend!
I hope she's doing well. We haven't talked to one another in a very long time, although I've since been happily married myself.
Peace and love, y'all
There's been a few posts on how one guy said he didn't care that he was waiting in the wrong line; he wasn't there for the tickets, he was there for the line. Think about it. You've got a huge party of hundreds of people that all have at least one thing in common. Sounds fun to me.
And it isn't just geeks who share this view. A while back, I was dating this girl who was a diehard Hanson fan (blech! I'm sure that's what lead to our breakup), and she said she used to enjoy waiting in line for the concert more than the concert itself.
It makes no sense to me; I can't stand waiting around for indefinite periods of time. But to each his own.
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How many have gone to some sort of industry conference?
Conferences I go to because of work are in Hotels. With beds, minibars, and expenses. I stopped wanting to sleep outside for the sake of it many years ago...
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light-sabre guy is in the queue????
Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
Those only things standing in line for. StarWars whats the point...they just dont have anything better to do, which is cool...if you are in to that...because we need weridos in this world that pledge their allegince to the Hipnode TOAD....
Deserving got nothing to do with it.....shuffle
Is it cool to make fun of people who "are now" what you "were then"?
Would be even more hilarious if they change their mind and open the film now that everyone is out of line...
Maybe they're getting a wage, maybe it's nice to have a reason.
A blog I run for the wealth
His site is down now...
I guess he finally got laid.
I am a meat popsicle.
This coming from an AC on slashdot.
This had already been reported at Parade of Delusion.
And what the article doesn't tell you is the number of the pay phone outside the theater:
(323) 462-9609.
And Mithras! And sorta kinda a pinch of Osiris! But mostly Mithras.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
thats right, these people seem to be a bit too obsessed, but the fact is if they really cared enough they would be lining up to suck the producer off so they could see the preview, male or female, gay or straight.
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another study i recently learnt in my psych class is that people how have high homophobia tend to get more aroused when watching same sex (male or female) erotic films.
the study was done on middle age men and they took a survey to have their homophobia rated. the independent variable was the erotic film displayed (opposite sexes vs same sexes) and the dependent variable was the increase in radius of the penis.
low homophobic men's penis grew radially larger than high homophobic men when watching opposite sex erotic films. however, high homophobic men's penis grew radially larger than low homophobic men when watching same sex erotic films.
this led to the conclusion that high homophobic men are actually in denial and has utilized one of our defense mechanisms known as reaction formation to help them cope with this denial.
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LARP. That is all. Really don't expect the pages of playboy come to life, but bawdy can be good.
I'd do something interesting, but my server can't handle a slashdotting.
How can you be more of a nerd then to see Star Wars in the theater inspired by Buckminster Fuller?
Second, this theater has assigned seating. I can buy tickets online 2 months before the movie starts and not show up until 3 minutes before starting time and have the best seats in the house. People standing in line would look pretty lame.
Third, there is a bar inside the lobby of the theater. This is key.
Hollow words will burn and hollow men will burn.
There's a local theatre called Big Newport which gets people camping for weeks. The theatre is very supportive and allows the tents to setup in a nice grassy area and provides them with power and bathroom access.
Come release day it just gets crazy. I remember the first tent had YATTA! playing all day. Every 15 minutes you'd hear a fog horn, people would run up to the tent and chant YATTA! YATTA! It was damned frightening at first, but then I joined in and had one hell of a time.
There was also saber fighting, frisbee, LAN gaming, etc. It was just a damn good time. The fun is in the wait. I'd be in line this year but I'll be at E3 all day. I think I'm going to explode from nerd overload -- in a good way.
I just got off the phone with Carl and I learned a thing or two about what exactly people do when they wait outside of a theater for star wars. People actually do get off the line to go to work or school and clean themselves up and can return to their same spot in line.
PS: According to him, not many people at all are dressed up in costume. "Theres a time and a place for those kinda things."
These poor saps got in the wrong line, were made fun of for their devotion to a once great film genre, and you called them life-long virgins on the biggest geek site in the civilized world. I bet you drive a big truck Taco. Huh? Am I right? Insecure bastard.
Move along now ...
Yes, Obi-wan, the dark side is strong in this line.
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The Century Theaters booked half their screens for the film. They hired extra security guards. They were ready for huge crowds.
On opening day, many of the seats were empty. No lines. Bored security guards.
It was over.
I just wanted to point out that blogging.la broke this story and continues to follow it, and none of the national media that picked it up has credited us at all. e! Online even quotes from our site and comments, yet fails to acknowledge where they came from.
I don't understand what is meant by "lifelong virgin". If you are a currently a virgin you have been one your whole life by definition. If they meant old, nerdy, virgins they should have said something like 30+ year old virgins who still live in their parents basement.
Hey, there is only one Return and it's not of the King, it's of the Jedi.
And, looking at the picture of his ticket, it was free seating anyway :-)
So, lets follow this logic...
If it isn't mentioned, it didn't happen.
Consider the possibility that Mark concentrated on what he thought was important.
Proclaiming Jesus as fully human is not unorthodox, most conservative scholars believe him to be fully man and fully God. If you think Mark didn't consider Jesus to be God... I would debate that point.
"7And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.
8"I baptized you [b]with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." " Mark 1:7-8 NASB
Those are two of christianity's corenerstones. How could something like a woman being knocked up by G-d NOT be important to the author? How is the fact that JC fly into heaven NOT important?
Wow.
You can't be "fully man and fully G-d." The two are mutually exclusive. It's like saying that my pet is fully dog and fully cat. It's one or the other.
And as for your quotes from Mark, I fail to see how they say that Mark thought JC was G-d?
I hope you weren't implying the KJV was translated from the latin. The KJV was translated from the textus receptus.
But yeah, go ahead and mock them, if it makes you feel superior.
And btw, the old "never kissed a girl" stereotype of SW fans hasn't been true for ages--if ever at all. All of the hardcore SW fans I know are also very well-adjusted and socially adept. They just happen to like a particular movie. Funny, I don't see these accusations of rampant virginity being slung around when we're talking about The Lord of the Rings films and yet, that seems to be about the same class of fans from what I can tell.
But again... it's all about feeling superior. I know. Go ahead and mock them. And feel really good about yourself when you do it too. You deserve it.
--Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."
I knew it was from an older version (not that I could name it!), but prior to that, the only copies in Great Britain were in latin apparently. This gave the church a lot of importance in society, as people depended on the priests for guidance; they couldn't just read it themselves.
Don't you think it's funny though, how the British Empire version of the bible is also the most predominant one in former British colonies? No coincidence there.
I need a job that will allow me to take the time off to sit outside that long for movie tickets.
Still, I don't understand why people find it so strange that a small amount of hardcore fans dress each two years like their favorite hero but then, never make fun of the thousands of stupid jocks that paint their faces and go dressed in a clown looking way to their favorite football game every Sunday.
Yahh, hiii haaaaa! -Major Kong, from Dr. Strangelove
Shhhhh! Don't tell them. Maybe they'll just stay there.
Err, you're horribly confused.
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The *immaculate conception* is Mary's birth (her being held back from the inheritance of the sinful nature), not that of Jesus! The *virgin birth* (a birth without loss of virginity) would be Jesus' birth. They are NOT the same.
As for the Hebrew, "alma" means young woman, though there are endless debates over who revised what meaning. This is especially fun if you read how it was translated in the Septuagint (the Greek translation in ancient times of the Hebrew scriptures)
For those confused on that, there were apparently disagreements over this in ancient times too.
Continuity has never been a particularly strong priority amongst the script editors at the Catholic Church. A lot of people are still pretty bummed about the 1965 relaunch of the franchise. People are often upset whenever anybody does something that could negatively impact the market for collectibles .
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I once knew a rather interesting circle of people who considered themselves "dorks" in a positive way, the same way many of us here consider ourselves "geeks" or "nerds" (pick your preferred term). They made me realize that any label can be taken for its positive or its negative connotations:
For the three examples you've given:
GEEK
Negative: People overly obsessed with trivial, minor things of no real importance. And ok, they're kinda smart too.
Positive: People capable of devoting their full attention to the complete comprehension of any interesting topic.
NERD
Negative: People who are too damn smart for their own good AND have no grasp of what's cool or popular.
Positive: People who care more about high intelligence and technical competence than trivial status symbols.
DORK
Negative: People who just have no grasp of what's cool or popular, and are probably too dumb to be able to anyway.
Positive: People who just don't care what's popular, including geeky meritocracies. "Genuine", unabashed people.
Almost any application of a social clique label can be applied the same way. I know people who use "goth" or "hippie" as insults, while others take one or the other as compliments, whichever they consider themselves. I personally am happy to be considered myself a 'member' of both cliques - hey, both groups of people like me, who's to complain? - but if say, a 'hippie' calls me a 'goth' as an insult, I can still be insulted just by the intent behind it. It doesn't make me ashamed of my 'gothic' tendencies. Same deal if a 'goth' tried to insult me by calling me a 'hippie'.
These labels are all used both by one group to isolate another group, and for the target group to find solidarity amongst themselves. Like "nigger" it can be good or bad depending on who uses it. But other than for descriptive purposes, as a short hard to refer to 'people with these common qualities', either use is harmful in that it is exclusive thinking. If you think that geeks/goths/yourclique are better than jocks/hippies/theirclique, that's just as bad as the jocks/hippies/theirclique thinking they're better than you.
People are all different. Labels can be useful as jargon to refer to those differences, but using labels for identity is nothing less than groupthink and leads to the type of us-vs-them thinking that is the root of most of mankind's social problems.
Be who you are, and if you match the description of some 'clique' archetype and they (the clique) like you the better for it, good for you, you're popular. If they don't like something about you because it doesn't match their archetype, screw them and their closed-minded thinking.
-Forrest Cameranesi, Geek of all Trades
"I am Sam. Sam I am. I do not like trolls, flames, or spam."
I'd like to know how many of those making fun of the SW fans camping out will be carrying towels to se H2G2
Geeze... my intro humanities class at my community college in Orlando was able to provide a better understanding of this than you!
Essentially the KJV version is probably considered the LEAST accurate of any version for 2 reasons:
1) It was translated from Latin to Old English (not from the original texts).
2) It was created for largely political reasons. The king and the pope didn't get along very well.
Some of the most accurate translations are the NIV, and the NRSV. Why? Because we know a lot more about linguistics and translation of ancient texts now in our modern 21st century rational, logical, and objective thought process than the monks and priests did back in the 12th century! We also took it directly from the source, not from the Latin texts.
Also if you ever do take a Hebrew/Roman/Middle Ages humanities course you will learn a lot about this subject. Another thing to keep in mind is that with modern translations there is signifigant peer review which did not exist as much in earilier times. Today if something signifigant was changed in a translation that was largely accepted as innacurate or biased, Biblical scholars, churches, and historians would scream bloody murder. This prevents major alterations to the modern text without peer review and general acceptance.
Libertas in infinitum
I don't remember the good guys starting any wars in the bible, it was all peace and love, you know, the good things.
With this statement alone, I know that you are not a Bible Scholar. There were plenty of good guys in the bible who started wars... and even more who fought wars.
Some of the more notable examples:
Joshua and Jericho, where the tribes of Israel effectively invaded Canaan
Repeated warfare with the Philistines
a friend and i got ahold of the pay phone number outside of the Theater where they are lined up. We pranked em a few times and put the audio of it online for all to hear... here's a link the other pranks are on the same page....
t ml
http://homepage.mac.com/bugdave/iMovieTheater15.h
Here are 3 pranks calls made to the pay phone next to them inline. The other 2 are linked at the top on the same site.
t ml
http://homepage.mac.com/bugdave/iMovieTheater15.h
I wonder what percentage of those who make comments like in this posting ("i.e. lifelong virgins") are either virgins, or were only deflowered by their best friend at boy scout camp, a paid lady for Nevada, or the cheapest technicality- counting oral sex or a handjob as something that qualifies you as a non-virgin. Or, maybe their girlfriend almost never puts out, so they feel compelled to put other people down to make themselves feel more like a man.
Anyway, it's lame and old. That's all I'm trying to say.
P.S. My girlfriend wants to sit in line for Episode 3. Although, she only wants to wait in line for the night, but still- I'm in. Those whacky experiences are the things you remember for your whole life- like a road trip, etc. To each his own.
P.P.S. I even have sex with her.
P.P.P.S. Nerd girlfriends are the best girlfriends, most of the time. Except when their nuts. Then they're the worst.
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This makes the guys associated with the Klingon Language Institute look like hard nosed realists
Hmm, I consider myself less geeky than someone who thinks the Geek Hierarchy chart needs new entries for "Real RPGer" -> "D&Der" -> "LARPer".
:)
On the other hand, I'm also in the category of people who have played board games with Lore (creator of the chart), which may push my geek quotient back over the top.
My livingroom is the best theater in the area (And there's an ACTUAL theater next door)...my usenet feed is so damned fast it's like a direct connection to some internet deity...the recent upgrade to my line makes me a bittorrent god... And yet...
Free isn't good enough...I still wouldn't see this damned movie if someone PAID ME. Enough is enough. It's one thing to make these crappy prequels, because really, he was going to one way or another, and there was no helping the fact that they'd suck. JarJar...so what? I can ignore JarJar. I ignore imbeciles all day, it's become reflex. There's ONE THING, and ONE THING ONLY that killed Star Wars for me. George, you're a damned idiot...and HAN SHOT FIRST.
Okay, that's my overt display of geek bravado for the month, back to pretending I have a life. Let my savage e-stoning begin!
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
And this is newsworthy...why?
Let's all celebrate the incredible great system we have. Natural selection weeds out the unfit, and we should all be damn grateful when it does. These horrible nerds really SHOULD NEVER HAVE SEX. I've seen the results when they do. You get more individuals like people describe below who are simply painful to be around, or worse.
BTW, you meant flipping them OFF, not of, right?
O~ Him that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green. -- Francis Bacon
Tell that to Congress indeed! Or more important, the CEOs that are running this country. The whole point of the western analytical approach to life is to basically Divide & Conquer. Break up everything, separate it into little tiny boxes and deal with them one at a time. And _separate yourself_ from the process as much as possible; this way your own empathy neuron/gene/whatever won't kick in.
1. Get some poor bastard in a call center to take all the shit, and
2. Make them powerless to help.
3. Profit!
O~ Him that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green. -- Francis Bacon
The facts are:
- Episode 1 was booked at Cinerama Dome
- Episode 2 was booked at Arclight Dome
- each time, a last minute deal was struck and Star Wars premiered at Grauman's Chinese
Who's to say this wont happen again? Also, George is infamous for his hardon for digital films - the Arclight does not have Digital Projection. Grauman's Chinese does. Vader's frickin footprints are at the Chinese Theatre.
No matter where its playing, people will be lined up. LiningUpTV will be broadcasting from the line, and show fan films and the fans in line 24/7. We're scheduled to start it up Friday at www.liningup.net
Im a girl who enjoys Star Wars / Sci fi - its a tad more challenging than episodes of "Backyard Blitz". What's my point.. um.. will definately see the new episode, unlikely to dress up - but you can bet I would never dress up like a clown and go to the footy if you paid me!!!
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To avoid some confusion, there are two AC's floating around this thread... I posted the parent "nice try, but no..."
;)
Anyway there are a lot of issues to bounce back and forth on, and this being slashdot, I'm sure they've been bounced back and forth on many times in the past already. But I just wanted to make a quick comment here on what I see as the key to all this, and that is your statement
'You can't be "fully man and fully G-d." The two are mutually exclusive....'
That someone can indeed be both is also a cornerstone (if not *the* cornerstone) of Christianity. And it, like many things in the bible, has to be taken on faith. I'm sure the word 'faith' throws up a huge red flag which screams "circular argument of only the bible can prove the bible." And yes, there's a lot of logic to that.
For a long time, I was frustrated at the very same thing--that the only proof for the bible seems to be in the bible. All I can really say is it's not so much a search for proof... you just have to have an open heart (and I admit I feel very strange talking like this on slashdot of all places) to the idea that it's possible all this really did happen.
It's possible that there are more truths than those which science or slashdot or logic can prove. You are searching it seems, and that's cool. I hope you find truth. Just don't let "science" be the limit of your possibilities. (And that statement will either sound a little profound to you, or I have just conveniently saved you the trouble of finding an argument against me.
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